{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O371840"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O371840/"}},"images":{"_primary_thumbnail":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2018KX3724/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg","_iiif_image":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2018KX3724/","_alt_iiif_image":[],"imageResolution":"high","_images_meta":[{"assetRef":"2018KX3724","copyright":"©Victoria & Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false}]},"see_also":{"_iiif_pres":"https://iiif.vam.ac.uk/collections/O371840/manifest.json","_alt_iiif_pres":[]}},"record":{"systemNumber":"O371840","accessionNumber":"W.82-1940","objectType":"Chair","titles":[],"summaryDescription":"Chairs with square backs became highly fashionable in the 1780s and both George Hepplewhite and Thomas Sheraton published engraved designs for them in their influential design books published in 1788 (<i>The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide</i>) and 1791-4 (<i>The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book</i>) respectively. This version is a particularly sophisticated design, the fact that the main frame of the central splat rises higher than the cresting rail providing a convenient handhold.  The central motif is also extremely elegant, with a motif of a classical tripod altar which was exactly in tune with the newest neo-classical style. ","physicalDescription":"Chair of carved mahogany, one of a set of three, plus an armchair, the seat re-upholstered in modern uncut moquette woven to imitate canvaswork embroidery on a green ground.  The back is square, the crest rail with a raised central section, the pierced splat carved with a formalized classical tripod altar, with drapery.  The legs are of square section, tapering above spade feet.  The front faces of the uprights of the back and the crest rail are moulded. A rectangular panel outlining the pierced splat rises higher than the crest rail, creating a handhold, with which to move the chair. The upholstery of the seat has been renewed and is much deeper than would be found on an 18th-century chair with its original upholstery. ","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"x40240"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"mahogany","id":"AAT12221"},{"text":"moquette","id":"x36599"}],"techniques":[{"text":"chair-making","id":"x42775"},{"text":"carving","id":"AAT53149"},{"text":"upholstery","id":"x37978"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Carved mahogany, with seat upholstery in uncut moquette","categories":[{"text":"Furniture","id":"THES48948"}],"styles":[{"text":"Neo-classicism","id":"x38958"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"FWK","id":"THES48597"},"images":["2018KX3724"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"003","id":"THES343365"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Chair","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Great Britain","id":"x32019"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"c. 1790","earliest":"1785-01-01","latest":"1794-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"W.81-1940","id":"O371839"},"association":"Pair"},{"object":{"text":"W.83-1940","id":"O372130"},"association":"Set"},{"object":{"text":"W.84-1940","id":"O372369"},"association":"Set"}],"creditLine":"Bequeathed by Miss Amy E. Tomes","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"91.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"54","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"50.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Check RF 51/2517","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Chair of carved mahogany, one of a set of three, plus an armchair, the seat re-upholstered in modern uncut moquette woven to imitate canvaswork embroidery on a green ground.  The back is square, the crest rail with a raised central section, the pierced splat carved with a formalized classical tripod altart, with drapery.  ","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Tomlin, Maurice, <i>Catalogue of Adam Period Furniture</i> (London: HMSO for the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1972), cat. no. Q/10, p. 140"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["W.82-1940"],"accessionNumberNum":"82","accessionNumberPrefix":"W","accessionYear":1940,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-22","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-24","availableToBook":true}}